listen im all for creative liberty but aoba unlocking his new ability only now makes very little sense. after being a shinobi for multiple decades you'd think he'd have experienced his share of trauma, lost many comrades, and have had plenty of opportunities to unlock it before

I love this fic but I find the Neji Hokage arc so unbelievable and frustrating. Sakura, who has very, very few interactions with Kiba/Neji, finds Neji and because of his Caged Bird predicament, she's just randomly saying "Become Hokage," with little idea of what *kind* of person/Hokage Neji is or would be. Then, Kiba's like "yeah, Inuzuka and [other clan] would support you," as if he can confirm that these two large and powerful clans would 100% support this inexperienced, no-name with a 2-minute old ambition for Hokage. Then, Sakura just throws her weight behind Neji, who again, she barely knows, and then Shikaku meets him and after ONE conversation where Neji's just like "Yeah, Konoha could be better," he goes "Nara, Akimichi, and Inuzuka would support you," having *NEVER* seen Neji in action, knowing *NOTHING* about his other beliefs, etc. IT'S SO HARD TO SUSPEND DISBELIEF HERE! But love the rest of the story.

Just re-read again... thank you for such a great story. It's one I keep coming back to

Oh i am a dork, it just isnt listed as complete over here, it has all the chapters. Don’t mind me hahaha.

For anyone that needs to know, this fic is completed over on Archive of our own, or Ao3, if you want the last chapters. The author finished it over there.

ayo wtf, why a 28 year old smooching up on a 16 y/o

This is just terrible.

This whole entire story is so weird. Sakura becomes physically stronger, while starting to act distant to her teammates and teacher.

OG Sakura was obsessed with Sasuke, well in this fanfic, she’s obsessed with Genma. Which is much worse.

And then she starts to live with that old dude too? And no one bats an eye on how a child starts living with a complete stranger. Then Sakura always brings up her “beloved Genma” in conversations, always thinking about him. How she does it for him and only him. Sakura always screams Genma’s name and runs after him. Like what?

The entire purpose of Sakura’s life in this story is Genma. Her life revolves around an old man. And it just reeks of grooming. Such a disappointment.

. They way it is progressing... can never guess what comes the best fanfic i ever read.
And please keep making big chapters. I love the way you explainbthe theories and genjutsu..
At first i did think you hated Kakashi...than i re watcged someof the old episods...and it seems like Hatake is exectly how u describe him. And now i hate him. But in the canon, sakura never did anything that required to reveal Kakashi' s uncaring side.
In the end all takes is a small step up from the way thay are to realizr how people think of u.

I think sakura would make a better hokage than naruto.

i find it hard to believe kiba would say such a thing when inuzuka has so many hot tempered and strong kunoichis

if i'm a konoha shinobi who knew about what happened back then, i'd find a way to kill Ao and make it look unrelated to konoha. it was different from killing and taking your opponent's eye during a fight. it's humiliating and despicable, and showed how the konoha higher ups were useless and lack the political smarts

cant believe i forgot about the usefulness of sakura getting her own summons until this chapter when they are splitting and I remembered how summons would be a great help as messengers or reverse summon

come to think about it, it's interesting how the village gates used to be guarded by uchiha police force. after the massacre it seems to be the Izumo and kotetsu most of the time. And the village just doesn't have a ninja police force anymore. weird

Very nice~!

Thanks for the chapter!